Inside one of Britain’s toughest estates overrun with gangs, drugs and sex workers where ‘under siege’ locals live in constant fear
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13525551/britain-toughest-estates-gangs-drugs-sex-workers-locals.html
Posted by Tyler119
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Every single town as one of these areas. Infact there are 4 or 5 around my local town
There needs to be a serious reform and no , I’m not just talking about locking everybody away for decades in prison
Very depressing to see so many suburbs like this up and down the country.
Why would anyone not linked to criminals reduce by 20000 the number of police in any country across the globe .
So the police know where the criminals are, where the drugs are, where the anti social behaviour is. So where’s the police?
Both the prison system and police need reform. Prison system needs to focus on rehabilitation for lots of crimes. Sex work needs to be decriminalised and eventually legalised. Police need to be seen as trustworthy by the community it serves and not be plagued with system racist and mysogeny. We can’t just lock people away like we have been doing.
But James O’Brien said that there are no no-go areas
We need no more estates honestly and probably should break up the ones already there (but slowly, I’m not for forcing people to move*). Large estates just create trouble, I live in one, terrible reputation. It’s not as bad as they say but it’s definitely unfriendly. More social housing dotted around with private homes is the way to go, two or three social then two or three private.
*That requires actually building new houses though and we all know every government is allergic to such an idea.
After you subtract the usual amount of sensationalist bullshit the Mail heaps on every story about poor people, it all seems quite reasonable. Crime is just endemic to low income areas to the point it ceases to be a moral issue.
If it’s the government vs crime in the war on crime then I’m still on the side of crime, and if it’s them vs drugs then I support drugs. It’s ultimately the fault of the government for removing any kind of assistance for the poor since before 2010 really, but mostly after. Rishi literally admitted to taxing everyone equally and then redistributing toward the rich. At this point being a criminal is a more moral proposition than following the law of people who only seek to exploit and *admit it.*
Daily Mail supports a party that shows nothing but contempt for the poor and marginalised, talks about cutting the benefit bill with glee thus forcing desperate and people to find ways to survive. Look at the explosion of people living on the streets in the last few years it’s not like it’s isn’t the direct consequence of government policies.
Now, the same paper is shocked to find there are consequences to these decisions!
You would have to have a heart of stone, not to laugh!
4 hours and only 30 upvotes? If this article was about Bradford, it would be right at the top with three dots next to it.
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But yes that’s awful
Send them to Rwanda (instead of those seeking asylum).
The daily mail isn’t a source for anything remotely factual
I could sort this out in one evening:
1) Water Cannons
2) Riot Police
3) Boots and Truncheons
Problem solved!
I grew up on a dodgy estate. I managed to move to somewhere much more civilised decades ago and haven’t been back.
I still struggle with certain things in day to day life due to the experiences of being born and raised in an environment like that.
Even if you survive growing up in a place like that without getting dragged down by it all, you don’t come out the other side unscathed.